Canada Immigration News

During the previous week, statistics for the Canadian economy and job market were published for last month and last quarter. Persons considering immigration and job prospects in Canada have mixed news to consider, with some regions being more favourable currently than others. Overall, the economy is slowing a bit more than predicted recently

A Russian woman who spied on Canada for six years after assuming the identity of a dead child lost an appeal to return to the country to live with her new Canadian husband.

Canada's federal court chief, Justice Allan Lutfy, ruled that former Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan's decision denying Elena Miller's immigration request was not unreasonable.

The Canadian province of Alberta is experiencing some of the strongest economic growth in all of Canada. Canada in general is one of the prime western nations for immigrants seeking relocation and work permits, and the government attributes the strong, steady economic outlook of Canada to the diversity of its m

The Bank of Canada released its update report for the economic outlook for the second quarter of 2006 this week. Over all, economic growth remains steady with gains against international markets. Growth is projected to slow down slightly for 2007 and 2008. Reported elsewhere, jobs growth and government investment in new hires and infrastru

People looking to immigrate to Canada will be very interested to know about the recent rankings for technology-heavy sectors. A recent analysis by CIBC World Markets Inc. (a Canadian banking and investment firm) placed Ottawa at the top of the tech sector growth list with strong economic diversity.

As well as the genuine applicants there have been reports of abuses of the immigration system by people claiming to be homosexual partners. A new trend in India is for men to claim to be homosexual partners to gain immigration to Canada. They apply on the basis that they cannot stay in India as homosexuality is illegal.